Friday Linkups: City of Lies

This Week's Book Blogger Hop Question:
When reading a book do you use a bookmark to mark your place in the book, or do you just fold over the top corner of the page?

My Answer:
I'm a bookmark person. I have a number of bookmarks and have been known to use index cards when in a pinch. However, my favorite bookmark is one Emma gave me for Christmas when she was in kindergarten (she's in her 3rd year in college now). I think I've used it for almost every book I've read in the last 15 years. The Tornado made me one a few months ago and that's also gone into heavy rotation. If you're wondering clear packing tape stuck on each side with a steady hand and trimmed up a bit works as a pretty good lamination.

I've been wanting to read Victoria Thompson's books for YEARS. We're not going to even discuss how many of her books are sitting on my shelf unread. So when I was offered the first book in her new series, City of Lies, I just knew I couldn't resist. I'm not all that far in but so far I'm really enjoying it. Now to catch up on her earlier books!

The Beginning:
Jake looked much too smug.
Elizabeth's hand itched to smack the smirk off his face, but well-bred young ladies didn't go around smacking people in hotel dining rooms.

My Thoughts:
I can't help but like Elizabeth in this beginning! I think we've all lived some version of that struggle!

The 56:
Finally, a young woman in a wrinkled shirtwaist peered at him with some alarm through her spectacles. "Who are you?"

My Thoughts:
I think I'd be rather alarmed to see a strange man standing in the hall too so I can understand her alarm!

So what do you think? Keep reading? How do you mark your place in a book?

I have a huge collection of bookmarks but usually stick to my favorite that I got at ALA in 2013. I had a bit of a panic when I lost it for a while. I enjoyed City of Lies which was my first by the author. It won't be my last. This week I am featuring Unholy City by Carrie Smith. Happy reading!

I don't fold over pages but I don't use actual bookmarks. I use slips of paper, ticket stubs, or whatever is handy. I use old photo Christmas cards as my bookmarks in cookbooks so I get to see my family everytime I pull out a favorite recipe :) I have this book coming up soon and am looking forward to it.

My daughter's bookmark that she made for me in preschool is one of my favorites too. :-) I am definitely a bookmark kind of person too. City of Lies sounds so good, doesn't it? I can't wait to read it! I hope you are enjoying it.

Aww it's cute how you use your daughter's (I'm assuming Emma is your daughter, this is my first time visiting your blog) bookmarks from when she was a baby!

I use both real bookmarks --- both digitally on the Kindle app, and real, paper ones. But when I was younger, I used to dog-ear the bottom of pages from my favorite scenes or quotes. I haven't done that in awhile, since I mostly read off my Kindle now. I also sometimes use Post-It tabs to keep track of things like that. Oh, and Goodreads! They have an excellent track record of my favorite scenes.